William Wirt Howe (November 24, 1833 – March 17, 1909) was a justice of the

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from November 1, 1868, to December 3, 1872. Born in

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,''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana'' (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., ''The Louisiana Historical Quarterly'' (1922), p. 121. Howe graduated from

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and served as in the

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during the

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, achieving the rank of major. He served for one year as president of the

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, and published a treatise, ''Studies in Civil Law''. He was a judge of the Criminal District Court in 1868, which he resigned to become associate justice. He served as

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for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1905 to 1909. He died in New Orleans at the age of 75.

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